Provider Agreement Requirement for 2014- Bi-Annual Background Checks

Subject: Important - Provider Agreement Requirement for 2014

Source: Pam Thomas, Coordinator, First Steps Program

Intended Audience: First Steps providers

Date: October 15, 2014

The First Steps provider agreement requires providers to maintain enrollment credentials.

IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ CAREFULLY: The following step must be taken by First Steps providers in order to continue providing First Steps services. Failure to complete this step by the due date will result in the provider account being closed.

Bi-Annual Automated Criminal Check (Due December 31, 2014)
First Steps providers are required to obtain a criminal history check during each even numbered year and submit a copy to the CFO by December 31st of that year. NOTE: The automated check is NOT a full criminal background/fingerprint check.

This means, for any provider who enrolled before 2014, the provider must obtain an automated criminal check through the Missouri State Highway Patrol/Automated Criminal History Site under The Missouri Automated Criminal History Site (MACHS) section on the web at: http://www.mshp.dps.mo.gov/MSHPWeb/PatrolDivisions/CRID/crimRecChk.html.

There is a small fee for the criminal check. Once the automated check is complete, providers need to make sure they open the PDF and print out the actual results. Providers must send a copy of the criminal history check to:
Provider Enrollment/CSC Attn: Missouri Provider Enrollment
PO Box 29134
Shawnee Mission, KS 66201-9134

For more information about your provider account, please contact the CFO at:
1-866-711-2573 ext. 2 or email mofsenroll@csc.com.

St. Louis Area First Steps RICC Mtg Thursday November 6

RICC Meeting

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When: Thursday, November 6, 2014

Where: The Moog Center for Deaf Education

             12300 S. Forty Dr.

             St. Louis, MO 63141

             314-692-7172

What Time: 12:00pm-1:30pm

Who: YOU! If you are reading this message you should be at this meeting. Also, bring a friend or colleague!

Why: To learn about the Regional Interagency Coordinating Council (RICC)- the primary function of the RICC is to advise and assist the SPOE regarding the effectiveness of the regional system and services to families. The RICC provides input and recommendations to the SPOE operation in the region in the areas of child find and public awareness.

Topics:

• ·       New SPOE Contract- changes to the contract and what the community needs to know
• ·        SPOE Happenings- personnel changes, data report, EITs
• ·        RICC- new structure, membership, committees (Child Find, Advocacy, Provider Relations, Parent Connections, Resource Development)
• ·        DESE Update